Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12827, Simeon Duncan, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Duncan, Simeon
S. 12827
Carded
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3647.
Massachusetts
Simeon Duncan
of Worcester in the State of Mass who was a P of C ty in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg t commanded by Col. Holman in the Mass line for 6 Mos P of C ty 8 " " " G ty
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 51 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Dec 1832 and sent to Jemison Worcester Mass
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $77.49 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 25.83 $103.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. Blair Clerk Book D. Vol. 20 th Page 46
due Feb, 22 1832

4501
Simeon L. Duncan
6 Mos Rent of Abbeys 8 do do of Infy
all
$51.66.
Wm Jennings Esq Worcester Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Simeon Duncan  of  Worcester City  in the State of  Mass -  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776. July — 5 — priv. Gen. Capt n W m Gates. Col l Holman   " Dec r — 6 — " " David Henshaw. " Crafts   77 Aug. — 3 — " " Dan l Hubbard " Seth Housley  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains - Saratoga  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Worcester -  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence, living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective not properly connected. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.
passed by Mr. E.

Simon Duncan. No 4.501
Worcester County, } Massachusetts. }
PO
1874-1875

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this fourteenth day of August , in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two , personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate within and for the County of Worcester , now sitting, Simson Duncan , a resident of Worcester , in the County of Worcester , - and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he entered the service, as a Volunteer, in the company commanded by Capt. Wm Gates, Lieut. Cunningham, Ensign Jonas Walker (of Rutland, out in Col. - Holman's Regiment, in the month of July, 1776 - for the term of five months, and regularly served out his said term, when he was discharged on the first of December, 1776 - that he resided in said Worcester at the time of his enlistment, and thence passed to New Haven, there he took shipping and sailed thro' Hell Gate up to New York City, where he tarryed about 3 weeks, then retreat from the British forces, and passed to a place called Chelsea, about 30 miles from New York, and tarryed there about 2 months - then retreated to Harlem Heights, and continued there, and in that vicinity, until the end of his said enlistment when he was discharged and returned home to said Worcester, where he arrived on or about the 15th of December, 1776 - that he was in the Bat at the White Plains, and received a wound in his right arm from an enemy's ball - A few days after his return home, I enlisted as a substitute in place of his brother, Saml. Duncan, in the company of Capt. David Henshaw, of Leicester, Lieut. Nathl. Hars, of Worcester, in the Regiment of Col. - Crafts, of the Artillery service, for the term of six months, and continued in said service for said six months, and was then regularly discharged - that he was resident in said Worcester when he engaged in this second service, and thence marched thro' Shrewsbury, Marlborough, Sudbury, &c. on the old Boston road, to Boston, where he was on duty about a month, and then marched to Fort Wm Henry, then Fort Independence, where he spent the remainder of his term of enlistment, and was then discharged, having been engaged as a Bombardier, during this second service. He then returned home to said Worcester, on or about the last of May, 1777. his said Brother having enlisted about the first of December, 1776, for said term of six months, and said Simson took his place as a substitute, about the 15th of said Dec r and completed the service, and was paid for the whole six months service.
(A) He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Simson Duncan Before Nathl. James Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester

We Aaron Bancroft, D.D. a Clergyman residing in the town of Worcester , — and Artemas Ward Esquire , — residing in said Worcester , — hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Simeon Duncan , — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nathl. Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Aaron Bancroft Art s Ward
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that the Rev. Aaron Bancroft, D. D. who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said town of Worcester , and that Artemas Ward, Esquire , who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town of Worcester , and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl. Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Theophilus Wheeler , Register of of the Court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Simeon Duncan for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 14 th tenth day of August — in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two. Theoph l Wheeler Register of Probate Court in for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts

That he again entered, on being drafted therefor, That he again entered, on being drafted therefor, into the service, under Capt. David Hubbard, of Holden, Lieut. Holbrook, of Worcester and Ensign John Stone, of Ward, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Seth Cushing, for the term of three months, and did duty until within a few days of the end of his said term, when he quit the service, under a permit from his Physician, on account of his being taken sick - He resided in said Worcester, when he entered on this last service, which was about the first of August, 1777 - That he thence marched to Albany, and thence on to Still Water - and there, and at Sara- toga, and in that vicinity spent the time till he left the service. - He was at Saratoga on the first Battle with Bur- goyne's army - after that, being on his return home on account of his said sickness, he heard of the final surrender of said Burgoyne and his army, in Oct. 1777, and saw many of the soldiers on their return, who overtook him before he reached Worcester - At Saratoga he saw Genl. Lincoln when he was wounded by a shot from the enemy below his knee, and discovered the blood flowing through his clothes, whilst riding between the two armies. -
That he resided in said Worcester when he engaged in his said several services as aforesaid, and continues still to reside there - That he has no documentary evidence of his said services, but relies on the accompanying Depositions, as corroborative of his said statement and declaration. And in answer to the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, the said Duncan states, that - 1) I was born at Worcester aforesaid, on the 23d day of October 1755 - 2) I have no record of my age, excepting a memorandum in a leaf of my family Bible - but I believe it may be found on the Town records - 3) I was living

in said Worcester at every time that I went into the service as aforesaid; I have lived there ever since - and am now living there. (4) I was called into the service, once, the first time, as a Volunteer, the second time I was drafted a substitute, for my Brother, Samuel Dimeen - and the third time I was drafted, by the arbitrary and illegal conduct (as I supposed) of the late Captain by name of Whitney whose daughter I was then paying attention to, against the will of her father, on account of my whiggism.
(5) Some of the officers were of Col. Bigelow's Regiment, to wit, Col. Bigelow, Capt. John Pierce & Lieut. John Kennedy, all of said Worcester, all of whom were continental officers. - Also the Regiment of Col. Holman of Sutton.
(6) I never did receive any written discharge, so far as I can recollect - If I did, they are lost -
(7) I am known to the Rev. Dr. Aaron Bemen, Artemas Ward, Benjamin Butman, Esquires, and many others, to whom I can refer, in answer to the seventh question, and all of Worcester.
(A)

September 30, 1932
Am BA-J/MCS Simeon Duncan S. 12827
Annie W. P., Corson 12 Brewster Road Framingham Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of September 19, 1932, requesting information in regard to Simeon Duncan and Isaac Chapman, soldiers of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 12827, based upon the military service of Simeon Duncan.
He was born October 23, 1755, at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and always lived there.
He enlisted in July, 1776, served as private in Captain William Gates' Company in Colonel Jonathan Holman's Massachusetts Regiment, was wounded in the right arm in the battle of White Plains and was discharged the first of December, 1776. He enlisted about December 15, 1776, as substitute for his brother, Samuel, in Captain David Henshaw's Company in Colonel Crafts' Massachusetts Regiment and served until sometime in May, 1777, as bombardier. He enlisted in August, 1777, and served about three months in Captain Samuel Hubbard's Company in Colonel Seth Cushing's Massachusetts Regiment and was in the first battle of Stillwater.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, at which time he was living in Worcester, Massachusetts.

There are no further family data on file in said claim.
The soldier died February 22, 1836.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to an Isaac Chapman as described.
Very truly yours
See Agency Book
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

1932 Sept. 30, hist. to Annie F. P. Corson. U.S.
Rowan
12827 INVALID.
File No. 12827
Simeon Duncan Prv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1882
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Simon Duncan Worcester by his which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? — IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Ebenezer Dunning
which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Hon. Lewis Cals, Secretary of War,
Sir,
I forward herewith the cases of Simeon Duncan, Paul Yates, Daniel Dargent, & Stephen Taylor, all of whom are applicants for pensions, under the late Act of Congress. I have endeavored to comply with your instructions, in so far as the applicants are able to procure evidence - In some of the cases there is not sufficient positive evidence, exclusive of the declaration of the party applying for the pension, as to all the service alleged to have been done, as would, perhaps, entitle him to the pay claimed - but where that is not produced, owing to the death of witnesses, or loss of written documents, the applicants trust to your department for that measure of justice which may be deemed to be their due, taking into consideration the various circumstances applicable to their cases, which you appear to have in mind, from the general tenor of your rules and regulations, under the law by which they now appear before you.
When you have examined them, you will please forward answers to them, addressed to me, their authorized agent, by whom nearly all of the declarations, and evidence in relation to them, has been drawn up, as you

will perceive, on inspecting the cases. —
It may not be impertinent, perhaps, for me to state, that I have consulted the Hon. Mr. Davis, Representative from this District, in relation to several of the cases — and have his opinion that they will, probably, prove satisfactory to you, in relation to the form , as well as the evidence — furnished by way of proof. —
I am, Sir, very respectfully, Your obedt. humb. servt. —
William Jennison
Worcester, Mass'tts Aug. 1832.

I Israel Hyes of Preston in the County of Worcester Commonwealth of Massachusetts seventy two years of age being duly cautioned & sworn do depose & say that Simon Duncan now of Worcester in said County was a member with myself of Captain David Henshaws Company of Artillery in Colonel Crafts Regiment in the Revo- lutionary Service. The said Duncan joined said Company in December 1776 I am quite confident, and took the place of his brother as his substitute, his brother being obliged to leave the service on account of the situation of his family. The said Duncan continued to do duty in said Company until it was discharged in May 1777
Israel Heyer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss Aug 14 1832 Then the foregoing Israel Hyes to me personally known appeared before me & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in my presence. & I certify that in my opinion the said Deponent is entitled to full credit as a witness
Emory Washburn Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that William Jennings, Esquire, before whom the annexed Affidavit of William Stone, Paul Gats, William Stearns and Daniel Stearns were made and sworn to, and that Emory Washburn, Esquire, before whom the within of Israel Keyes, and the annexed affidavit of Jabez Paine, were made and sworn to are Justices of the Peace, within and for the County of Worcester, and that their signatures thereto appear to me to be in their own proper hand writing—
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, this fourteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, (Clerk)

Jaher Pains Dysentery.

I Jabez Paine of Westminster in the County of Windham and State of Vermont of the age of twenty six years being cautioned and sworn do depose & say that I am well acquainted with Simon Duncan of Worcester in the County of Worcester Commonwealth of Massachusetts who is now present. I also depose & say that I know the said Duncan was a member of the Artillery Company which was in the Revolutionary service under the command of Captain David Henshaw then of Leicester Massachusetts in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Crofts. The said Duncan did duty in said Company until it was discharged which was May 7 th 1777 as a Bombardier but I cannot state when he joined the Company though I should think as early as December 1776. and I recollect that he took the place of his brother in said Company as a substitute for him. The Company were stationed a part of the time in Boston & a part of the time at the Castle as it was called on the Island in Boston harbor where Fort Independence is situated. Jabez Paine
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss. Aug 10 1832 Then the above named Jabez Paine to me personally known personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in my presence as before me. I also certify that said Deponent is a man of truth and veracity & entitled to full faith & credit as a witness. Emory Washburn Justice of the Peace

I, William Stone, of Enfield, in the county of Hampshire, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Physician, aged seventy two years, testify and say, that I formerly resided in Ward, in the county of Worcester, in said Commonwealth. That I was engaged in the War of the Revolution, and was a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt. William Yates, in Col. Jon a Holman's Regiment - and was in the five months' service, and at the Battle of the White Plains in New York - and recollect perfectly well, that Simeon Duncan of Worcester, in said county of Worcester, was a private soldier in the same company with me, and served for the full term of five months, having enlisted and entered the service in July, 1776, and continued therein till the end of our service, in December of the same year.
W m Stone
Worcester, ss. June 15, 1832. Then the above named William Stone personally appeared, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition, by him subscribed - and I further certify that, in my opinion, the said Stone is a person of veracity, and entitled to full credit in all his testimony given under oath.
William Garrison, Justice Peace.
I, Paul Yates of Worcester, in the county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy four years, having been in the above service, with William Stone above named, and having been well acquainted with the above named Simeon Duncan, and his service as above stated by said Stone, do testify and say, that the facts above mentioned, relating to said Duncan's service of five months are true.
Paul Yates
Worcester, ss. August 1. 1832.
The above named Paul Yates, a perfectly credible witness, personally appeared, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition, by him subscribed.
Before me, William Garrison, Justice of the peace

I, William Stearns, of Worcester aforesaid, aged eighty seven years, testify and say that I enlisted into the Army of the Revolution, in said Worcester, in the latter part of August 1777, in Capt. Saml. Hubbard's company, into Col. Seth Cushing's Regiment, and am well knowing that Simeon Duncan of said Worcester was in said company, having both enlisted and entered the service at the same time, and engaged to serve for three months - that I know said Duncan was in said company at the White Plains, and was with said company, whilst I continued there, and from my acquaintance with said Duncan, have no doubt he continued in said service for the full term of time stated stated by him.
Witness, W. Garrison.
Willard Dearme.
Worcester, ss. August 1. 1832. Then the above named William Stearns personally appeared, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition, by him subscribed - and I further certify that I am acquainted with the said William Stearns, and believe him to be a man of veracity.
William Garrison, Justice of the peace
I, Daniel Stearns of Worcester aforesaid, aged seventy five years, testify and say that, having enlisted into the same company and at the same time, with the above named William Stearns and Simeon Duncan, and served therein during said term of three months, I do believe that the said Duncan served in the same company for about the term of three months He was discharged before I was, and returned home to Worcester, on account of sickness, as I suppose. And I frequently saw said Duncan in said service, and have no doubt he served the full term of time stated by him in his Declaration.
Daniel Stearns
Worcester, ss. August 8. 1832. Then the above named Daniel Stearns (whom I believe to be a man of truth) personally appeared, and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him signed.
Before me, William Garrison, Justice of the peace

12 Brewster Road, Framingham Mass., Sept. 19, 1932.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me the pension record data which appears on the application of Simeon Muncan of Worcester, Mass., a revolutionary soldier. His first wife was Mary Blair and his second wife's name was Lucy. Any data about said pensioner and his family will be appreciated.
Will you also please tell me if Isaac Chapman who died in South East, New York about 1780 and who was born in Hennie, Mass., in 1721 was a pensioner in the revolutionary war?
Thanking you very much for any information on the above, I am
Very truly yours,
Annie F. P. Coxon

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Duncan, Thomas GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7026 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 7, 1790 to — not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.